Effects of interfractional anatomical changes on water-equivalent pathlength in charged-particle radiotherapy of lung cancer

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 513-519

  Mori, Shinichiro ^a   Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Wolfgang, John A ^a   Choi, Noah C ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam range variation; Charged particle; Four dimensional; Lung cancer; Lung density; Radiotherapy planning; Tumor shrinkage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

4DCT SCANS; BEAM RANGE VARIATION; CT-SCAN; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DENSITIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; TUMOR SHRINKAGE; WATER EQUIVALENT PATHLENGTH;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 71749112409     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09032     Document Type: Article

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